Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 16:15:26 +1000 From: Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne.geraghty@consciuminternational.com.au> To: koobs@FreeBSD.org, Gregory Orange <gregory.orange@calorieking.com>, ohauer@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mail/postfix default build options request: SASL Message-ID: <559B6E7E.5080906@consciuminternational.com.au> In-Reply-To: <559B6791.7050407@FreeBSD.org> References: <559B643F.3060409@calorieking.com> <559B6791.7050407@FreeBSD.org>
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On 7/07/2015 3:45 PM, Kubilay Kocak wrote: > On 7/07/2015 3:31 PM, Gregory Orange wrote: >> Hi Olli and ports@, >> >> I don't know if this is a helpful forum to raise it, but I would like to >> request that SASL be enabled in the default build options for >> mail/postfix. I am attempting to use binary-only packages wherever >> possible, and so far this is the first where I currently have to build >> it myself. >> >> I would have thought SASL is in use across many Postfix installations, >> but of course I could be wrong. I was tempted to try out >> SMTP-after-IMAP, but since Postfix has the support, I think SASL is far >> cleaner. >> >> Would any responders please include me in the CC? I am not subscribed to >> the list. >> >> Thanks, >> Greg. >> > If consensus can't be achieved or there is a good reason not to enable > this by default, then postfix-sasl as a slave port may be a desirable > alternative, which I believe has existed in the past. > > I'm generally: > > +1 on security related options enabled by default > +1 on OPTIONS_DEFAULT matching upstream defaults > -1 on OPTIONS_DEFAULT introducing large dependency sets > > ./koobs > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I'm with you on that one koobs. Everything we build includes kerberos &/or tls or sasl; but it has a complexity/management cost. A slave port would be a good short term option pending flavours/variants/something-with-strong-authentication. This would probably help postfix to be comparable to sendmail+tls+sasl2+ldap?
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